Clark Named Big 12 Pitcher and Newcomer of the Week
April 08, 2024 03:37 PM | Baseball
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Senior Derek Clark of the West Virginia University baseball team has been named the Big 12 Pitcher and Newcomer of the Week.
On Saturday at Kansas, Clark tossed a complete-game shutout while striking out seven and allowing just three hits. He got stronger as the game went on as he retired 13 of the last 14 batters to come to the plate.
It is the third straight outing that the Petersburg, Michigan native has gone 9.0 innings and his second complete game of the season. It is the first complete-game shutout for a Mountaineer since Blaine Traxel kept Baylor off the board in 2023 and just the second by a Big 12 pitcher this season.
Clark is the first WVU player to earn a Big 12 weekly award this season and first since Traxel to earn pitcher and newcomer honors since May 2 of last season after that Baylor performance.
It is the 19th time in program history that a Mountaineer has been named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week and 14th instance of Newcomer of the Week.
For more information on the Mountaineers, follow @WVUBaseball on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
On Saturday at Kansas, Clark tossed a complete-game shutout while striking out seven and allowing just three hits. He got stronger as the game went on as he retired 13 of the last 14 batters to come to the plate.
It is the third straight outing that the Petersburg, Michigan native has gone 9.0 innings and his second complete game of the season. It is the first complete-game shutout for a Mountaineer since Blaine Traxel kept Baylor off the board in 2023 and just the second by a Big 12 pitcher this season.
Clark is the first WVU player to earn a Big 12 weekly award this season and first since Traxel to earn pitcher and newcomer honors since May 2 of last season after that Baylor performance.
It is the 19th time in program history that a Mountaineer has been named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week and 14th instance of Newcomer of the Week.
For more information on the Mountaineers, follow @WVUBaseball on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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